ANDREW JACKSON.
WASHINGTON, January 16, 1833.
To the Senate:
In conformity with a resolution of the Senate of the 31st December last, I herewith transmit copies of the instructions under which the late treaty of indemnity with Naples was negotiated, and of all the correspondence relative thereto.
It will appear evident from a perusal of some of those documents that they are written by the agents of the United States to their own Government with a freedom, as far as relates to the officers of that of Naples, which was never intended for the public eye, and as they might, if printed, accidentally find their way abroad and thereby embarrass our ministers in their future operations in foreign countries, I respectfully recommend that in the printing, if deemed necessary, such a discrimination be made as to avoid that inconvenience, preferring this course to withholding from the Senate any part of the correspondence.
ANDREW JACKSON.
WASHINGTON, January 17, 1833.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives:
In conformity with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 11th December last, I herewith transmit “such portions as have not heretofore been communicated of the instructions given to our ministers in France on the subject of claims for spoliations since September, 1800, and of the correspondence of said ministers with the French Government and with the Secretary of State of the United States on the same subject.”
ANDREW JACKSON.
WASHINGTON, January 22, 1833.
To the Senate:
Having received on yesterday certified copies of the acts passed by the State of South Carolina to carry into effect her ordinance of nullification, which were referred to in my message of the 16th instant to Congress, I now transmit them.
As but one copy of these acts was sent to me, I am prevented from communicating them by a joint message to the two Houses of Congress.
ANDREW JACKSON.
WASHINGTON, January 23, 1833.
The President of the Senate:
A treaty of peace, friendship, and amity between the United States and the King of the Belgians having this day been concluded by the plenipotentiaries of the respective countries, I herewith transmit it to the Senate for its consideration.